UEFA suspends Greenwood and Guendouzi after Fenerbahce-Lyon brawl

UEFA has punished Fenerbahce players Mason Greenwood and Matteo Guendouzi for their roles in a brawl after the club’s Champions League playoff second leg against Lyon.

Fenerbahce won 2-1 in France last month to advance 3-2 on aggregate. After the final whistle, Greenwood and Guendouzi, who had both previously played for Lyon’s bitter rivals Marseille, became involved in confrontations with players and coaching staff from both teams.

UEFA suspended former Arsenal midfielder Guendouzi for four UEFA club competition matches in which he would otherwise have been eligible to play. The governing body said the punishment covered insulting people present at the match, provoking spectators, and violating its basic rules of decent conduct. Two of the four matches are subject to a one-year probationary period.

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for a total of four UEFA club competition matches for which he would otherwise be eligible, for insulting others present at the match, provoking spectators and for violating the basic rules of decent conduct

Guendouzi was also fined 50,000 euros. UEFA found, among other things, that he had shown the middle finger to Lyon supporters and provoked incidents that led to a scuffle after the match.

Greenwood, formerly of Manchester United, received a one-match suspended ban and a 30,000-euro fine for violating UEFA’s basic rules of decent conduct.

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violating the basic rules of decent conduct